The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 2, 2147
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 AM
6:07 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2771
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 164.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 13m / -18.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.27° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.78° / -4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.74° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.